July 21st 2003
By: Luke
�2000 Sweetener To Keep The Ships Afloat
The Guardian's Media Monkey reports today that each of the current regulators will pay out a �2000 bonus + an extra pension contribution to employees who will stick around till the end of the year.
I presume this applies only to those being made redundant. ...
July 21st 2003
By: Luke
Carter Rounds Up The Troops
Stephen Carter is set to hold a meeting today to tell employees from the current regulators how they will be brought over into the new organisation.
According to the Guardian's vicious but funny Media Monkey, employees will be divided between having a job and not having one ...
July 21st 2003
By: Luke
Currie Gets Honorary Degree
Lord Currie has today been awarded an honorary degree from the University of Birmingham.
July 21st 2003
By: Luke
Ofcom No Show Likely In Edinburgh
Maggie Brown in the Media Guardian talks to Sara Ramsden, Sky One Controller, who is Chairing this year's Edinburgh International Television Festival.
Ramsden expresses surprise that no senior figures from Ofcom will be attending the festival.
July 21st 2003
By: Hemal
Can Broadband Raise the Baby Bells?
Not quite Ofcom related but here's a bit in today's The New York Times about the deployment of broadband in the United States. While cable companies remain in the driver's seat of broadband, this article introduces a case for the ...
July 19th 2003
By: Russ
Ofcom's birthday: December 29th
Ofcom is therefore a Capricorn. According to the most authoritative source I could locate after two minutes of Google searching, Ofcom will be:
* normally confident, strong willed and calm;
* capable of persisting for as long as is necessary to accomplish a goal;
* ...
July 18th 2003
By: Luke
Communications Bill Assent
Lot of stuff on the passage of the Communications Act, 2003 in today's press. All pleased that the real work can now begin - not least Ofcom themselves. A few comments as to the costs. Ofcom start date: December 29.
Most quote Ofcom's own press release, in which Stephen ...
July 17th 2003
By: Luke
FSA Handover Provides Timely Lesson For Ofcom
I am sure that key figures at Ofcom are watching the current hand over at the Financial Services Authority with interest. The departure of Chairman/Chief Executive Sir Howard Davies marks the end of the initial set-up period for the financial services super-regulator.
Davies is ...
July 17th 2003
By: Luke
Ofcom Is Go!
The Communications Act, 2003 has recieved Royal Assent.
Of the new legislation Trade and Industry Secretary of State Patricia Hewitt said: 'This Act creates a modern regulatory framework for the UK's internationally successful, dynamic and competitive communications sector in which businesses can thrive, consumers benefit and citizens' interests are ...
July 17th 2003
By: Luke
Ofcom Has Too Much Mayo For Yeo
According to the FT Shadow Trade and Industry Secretary Tim Yeo has added his voice to concerns about the size and cost of Ofcom. This follows Chris Byrant�s comments made earlier in the week pertaining to salary levels.
Yeo has written to the government asking ...
